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- Dictionaryrear/rir/
verb
- 1. bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown, especially in a particular manner or place: "he was born and reared in New York City" Similar
- 2. (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs: "the horse reared in terror"
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1. : to erect by building : construct. 2. : to raise upright. 3. a(1) : to breed and raise (an animal) for use or market. (2) : to bring to maturity or self-sufficiency usually through nurturing care. reared five children. birds rearing their young.
to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves: Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone. He describes how these birds rear their young. Synonyms. bring someone up.
Rear definition: the back of something, as distinguished from the front. See examples of REAR used in a sentence.
The rear is the back end of something, like the rear of a school bus or the members of the marching band who stand at the rear of the parade. At the other end of something's front is its rear, whether it's a car or a line of people standing outside a theater.
n. 1. A hind part. 2. The point or area farthest from the front: the rear of the hall. 3. The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front. 4. Informal The buttocks. adj. Of, at, or located in the rear. [Middle English rere, rear of an army, short for rerewarde, rear guard; see rearward2 .] rear 2. (rîr)
Definition of rear adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Rear means situated in the back part of something or refers to the back part of something. He sat in the rear seat of the car. American English : rear / ˈrɪər /
Jun 17, 2024 · rear (third-person singular simple present rears, present participle rearing, simple past and past participle reared) To move; stir. (transitive, of geese) To carve. Rear that goose! (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
rear meaning, definition, what is rear: at or near the back of something, especi...: Learn more.
REAR meaning: 1. the back part of something: 2. to be at the back of a group of people who are walking or…. Learn more.
